Places Celia Wants to Go

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."

Always a new use for this old building.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.

Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

Legend says that these tall basalt pillars are the petrified wives of a trickster god.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

A busy cafe better known for board games than food.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.